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NEW DELHI: Finnair, which launched India operations in October last year, is stepping up India frequency from three to 12 flights per week by June this year. Mumbai will join Finnair's international network with five direct flights from Helsinki from June, while the thrice-a-week frequency from Delhi will become a daily service from mid-May. Plans are to have a daily service from Mumbai by the year-end. Finnair has interline agreements with several Indian carriers including Jet Airways, Air...

NEW DELHI: What would you say about the idea of flight attendants picking up passengers from their homes on the way to the airport, and then making another stop to buy the meals that were served on board? Can you imagine all air hostesses bringing their own bed linen to flights and at the end of the day cooking dinner for pilots and themselves? And the cabin crew chief sleeping with the money from in flight sales under her pillow.! And above all, how about the Finnish...

HELSINKI: Lifted by robust demand on the India sector, Nordic carrier Finnair has reported a 26 per cent growth in Asian traffic this summer. "The demand for Asian traffic is growing noticeably. We are increasing our capacity to destinations in Asia. Next summer, we will open a new non-stop route to Singapore," said Finnair's president and chief executive Mika Vehvilainen. The airline officials said passenger load factor for the carrier from Asia was among the highest for any...

HELSINKI: Finnish carrier Finnair is all set to launch non-stop flights between Helsinki and New Delhi from 2006. The flights are scheduled to commence from Nov 1, 2006. The flight time will be of six hours and 35 minutes, some 30 minutes faster than any other current route from Western Europe to India, Finnair said. Finnair said it has plans for three flights a week, utilising its Boeing MD-11 fleet. Finnair has recently expanded flights to other destinations...

NEW DELHI: Finnish carrier -- Finnair, the world's fifth oldest airline which is still in operations -- turned 90, with more and more focus on Aisa, particularly India. According to airline officials, Finnair specialises in flights between Europe and Asia, offering direct connections from Helsinki to over 60 European destinations and 13 destinations in Asia. Finnair was established on November 1, 1923, and offers direct connections from Helsinki to over 60 European and 13...

NEW DELHI: Self-service options, including check-in, baggage drop and document check, are some of the steps launched by Finnish carrier Finnair to speed up airport formalities and reduce passengers queues at Helsinki airport . "The measures would benefit travellers, including Indians, as it would reduce the turnaround and transit time to less than 30 minutes," an airline spokesperson said. Finnair, which has received 'Fast Travel Gold Award' for implementing...

HELSINKI: Finnish airline Finnair said it would deliver an operating profit in 2011 after it posted a smaller-than expected fourth quarter loss. The airline said on Friday that the first quarter of 2011 would show a significant loss, but that turnover for the year was set to grow. Shares in the group responded positively to the results and outlook, rising 1.2 percent to 5 euros. "The first quarter operational result is expected to be a...

NEW DELHI: Finnish carrier -- Finnair, the world's fifth oldest airline which is still in operations -- turned 90, with more and more focus on Aisa, particularly India. According to airline officials, Finnair specialises in flights between Europe and Asia, offering direct connections from Helsinki to over 60 European destinations and 13 destinations in Asia. Finnair was established on November 1, 1923, and offers direct connections from Helsinki to over 60 European and 13...

HELSINKI: Finnish airline Finnair said on Monday it would temporarily suspend its flights to the Indian city of Mumbai between May and mid-October due to unfavourable economic conditions. It also cited overcapacity on Mumbai-Europe routes. "The overcapacity has driven airfare levels radically down and cost level has not declined respectively. Market conditions for the entire summer period look bleak," Petteri Kostermaa, Finnair's vice president of route strategy and traffic...

NEW DELHI: Self-service options, including check-in, baggage drop and document check, are some of the steps launched by Finnish carrier Finnair to speed up airport formalities and reduce passengers queues at Helsinki airport . "The measures would benefit travellers, including Indians, as it would reduce the turnaround and transit time to less than 30 minutes," an airline spokesperson said. Finnair, which has received 'Fast Travel Gold Award' for...

HELSINKI: Nordic carrier Finnair will start a daily service between Helsinki and New Delhi from the first week of January while making takeoff and landing times from and to the Indian capital more convenient for passengers soon. "Our passenger load factor has been the highest from Asia, notably India. We are waiting for deliveries of new aircraft, and from Jan 6, we will become a daily service between Helsinki and New Delhi," said Kari Stolbow, director for...

NEW DELHI: Nordic air carrier Finnair has chosen seven 'quality hunters', including an Indian, to assess its flight operations and quality of services on different international routes for future improvement. "The quality hunters will travel on Finnair flights from Finland capital Helsinki to various destinations in Europe, Asia and the United States," a Finnair release said. The travel assignment started yesterday and will end after six weeks, it said.

NEW DELHI: Terming India as a "priority destination", Nordic carrier Finnair on Thursday said that in addition to Delhi, it would soon link more cities directly with Finland. Important cities like Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad are under consideration for starting Finnair services, Kari Stolbow, Director, Indian Sub-continent, Finnair, told reporters here. He said, meanwhile, Finnair Cargo will launch services between Mumbai and Helsinki in...

NEW DELHI: Now with one Finnair ticket and a single check-in you can fly from several major Indian cities to 60 European and 11 Asian destinations. A tie-up between the Nordic carrier and domestic Kingfisher Airlines has made this possible. As per the co-operation between the two carriers, Kingfisher flights from Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune, Jaipur and Ahmedabad will connect fliers to Finnair's European and Asian daily network from Delhi...

New Delhi: Nordic air-carrier Finnair's customers will now be able to check-in, edit flight bookings and access information on various stages of travel with their mobile phones. Finnair has launched a service that will provide travel-related services and comprehensive guidelines and tips to its customers, the carrier said in statement today. "We want to offer customers increasingly flexible and diverse services, which will also be accessible to more...

HELSINKI: Finnish airline Finnair said it would deliver an operating profit in 2011 after it posted a smaller-than expected fourth quarter loss. The airline said on Friday that the first quarter of 2011 would show a significant loss, but that turnover for the year was set to grow. Shares in the group responded positively to the results and outlook, rising 1.2 percent to 5 euros. "The first quarter operational result is expected to be a...

NEW DELHI: Finnair, the official carrier of Finland, took 19 years to start 25 weekly flights out of China but less than nine months to operate 12 flights a week from India. The logic is simple. With all the big IT players of India in Finland and growing Finnish business presence in India, corporate travel is on a high. Alongside, for the first time, this eastern Scandinavian nation is keen to project its brand ambassador ? Santa Claus ? in India. Besides, domestic...

NEW DELHI: Indian officials are expected in Finland as early as August to sign a revised bilateral air services agreement aimed at increasing capacity between the two countries, currently linked by Nordic carrier Finnair. The visit and signing of the new agreement is expected in August or the latest in September, an informed source said. Finnair operates 12 daily services from Helsinki to New Delhi and Mumbai, and...

During my last visit to Germany, for some odd reason I skipped Berlin. So I am really pleased this time round that I'm on a Finnair flight to Helsinki with an onward connection to Berlin. The scars of history are still evident in Berlin, but the process of change is visible everywhere. This is precisely what makes it one of the most exciting capitals of Europe. The streets and bylanes are all throbbing with energy and for young people (and those young at heart!) the city's reputed...

HELSINKI: Nordic carrier Finnair has said that Indian market is very competitive and the biggest challenge for the air Carrier is to be cost conscious in this country. "India is a price contrasting market..Cost is very competitive, so we have to be cost conscious," Finnair CEO Mika Vehvilainen told media. Finnair has also said that it would start daily service between New Delhi and Helsinki from January next year, up from the six...